MADISON - Attorney General Brad Schimel appointed Kristen Devitt director of the state's Office of School Safety on Monday.

Devitt most recently oversaw school resource officers while lieutenant of patrol at the Beloit Police Department. She began her career in law enforcement with the Madison Police Department, spending three of her eight years in the department as a school resource officer at Madison East High School.

Devitt is also the director and owner of Badger School Safety Consulting, a Madison-based firm that school districts can work with to conduct school safety training. The company has two scheduled training sessions in July, but according to Devitt, the Department of Justice will run them and participants will be reimbursed.

Moving forward, Devitt will keep the business but close down the training sessions.

“It’s very clear, from Devitt’s background and experience, that she will be able to successfully administer the school safety grant program, as well as provide her extensive knowledge of school safety to local law enforcement and school districts as they make our schools the safest in the nation,” said Schimel in a statement.

The office was founded as part of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to give schools $100 million in safety grants after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February

Under interim director Glenn Rehberg, the office has begun to dole out grants to schools across the state to improve school safety features including locks, public address systems and school resource officers.